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South American Coati

Mammals

A raccoon relative widespread in tropical and subtropical South America, ranging through lowland forest east of the Andes from Colombia and the Guianas south to Uruguay and northern Argentina, and among the most familiar mammals to visitors at Iguazu National Park. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Scientific Name
Nasua nasua 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Procyonidae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

In Ecosystem

Iguazu, Ecosystems
Source Iguazu National Park (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Chile, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ecuador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Guyana, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Paraguay, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Peru, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Suriname, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Uruguay, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Venezuela, found in there.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. South American Coati (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Distribution section
    The South American coati is widespread in tropical and subtropical South America.
  • Taxobox
  • Conservation status section
    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    A raccoon relative widespread in tropical and subtropical South America, ranging through lowland forest east of the Andes from Colombia and the Guianas south to Uruguay and northern Argentina, and among the most familiar mammals to visitors at Iguazu National Park.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 267766
    It has been introduced and naturalized on the island of Mallorca, where it is considered an invasive species.
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Wikidata: South American Coati
Wikidata Q148462, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Iguazu National Park (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Iguazu, Fauna section
Quote, In Ecosystem: Iguazu, Fauna section
birds like the great dusky swift and large toucans, mammals like the coati
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Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: ProcyonidaeView the Source
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